Built for the workshops that keep South Africa moving.
SymplTorque is workshop management software made here, for independent workshops, for the way you actually work: on your phone, on the floor, in rands.
The daily grind every workshop knows. Handled.
Getting paid, getting parts right, and getting ahead. SymplTorque was built for all three.
Get paid, without the argument
Every jobcard carries the photos and the customer's approval, so "why am I paying for this?" stops before it starts. Clear, itemised invoices that get paid faster, and a record to back you if anyone disputes.
Every part accounted for
Parts link to the jobcard the moment they're used, so nothing walks out unbilled, and nothing a supplier overcharges slips past you. Track every order from the supplier to the shelf to the invoice.
Room to grow, when you're ready
When surviving turns into growing, you're set. Build the records to claim the in-warranty work that South Africa's automotive aftermarket Guidelines opened to independent workshops, and the foundation to open your next bay.
Your workshop, running from the palm of your hand.
SymplTorque is workshop management software built specifically for South African independent workshops, for the way you actually work. Built here, for you.
From the moment a car rolls in, to the moment the invoice is paid and the customer gets their update, every step is tracked, every rand is captured, and every job is done properly.
Illustrative preview of the SymplTorque app.
Everything your workshop needs. Nothing you don't.
Six core capabilities. One platform. Built to work the way your workshop works.
Digital jobcards
Create a complete jobcard in under 2 minutes, from your phone, with greasy hands. Capture photos, add parts and labour, and update the customer before they think to call.
Automatic invoicing
The moment a job is done, a VAT-compliant invoice is ready, accurate to the last rand. Send it by SMS or email in seconds.
Customer updates
Customers get automatic updates and approve work by message, no app to download. Updates go out by SMS today, with WhatsApp launching soon.
Parts & inventory
See exactly what parts are needed for today's jobs. Track stock from order through to billing. No more parts taken without a jobcard, no more phoning suppliers to check.
SARS & POPIA built-in
Records stay SARS-ready and customer data POPIA-ready, automatically. VAT invoices, audit trails and consent, handled. So tax season feels like admin, not a crisis.
Runs on your phone
No install and no computer needed. SymplTorque runs in your phone's browser, so when the power goes at the workshop you can keep working, as long as your phone has signal.
Most of what leaks out of a workshop leaks quietly.
Not a bad month, and not theft. A jobcard that goes missing. A part nobody put on the invoice. A customer who never got a call back and quietly found another workshop. None of it shows up as one big loss, so nobody goes looking for it. Sound familiar? You're not alone, and it isn't your fault. The software that existed was expensive and built for someone else.
On our arithmetic, a two-bay shop running on paper is carrying somewhere between R7,000 and R10,000 a month of this. That is an estimate of the size of the problem, not a measured result. What we can tell you is what stops: the record gets captured while the work happens, so the part lands on the invoice and the jobcard is where you left it.
SymplTorque doesn't cost your workshop money. It returns it.
We are early, so we are not going to show you someone else's results. What we can show you is the arithmetic. Put your own hours and your own rates into it and see where you land.
- 10 hours a week of admin, at a R200 labour rate, is about R8,000
- Billing leakage on a shop this size runs R5,000 to R10,000
- SARS-ready records, without paying someone to rebuild them
- One process across every bay
- Every job's status from one phone
- Franchise-quality paperwork, independent cost
Put your own numbers in. If the arithmetic does not work for your shop, we would rather you knew that now.
Up and running in three steps.
No IT team, no training course, no forms to fill in. Here's all it takes.
1 · Message us
Send us a WhatsApp and tell us about your workshop. We answer your questions and get you going, no sales runaround.
2 · We set you up
Setup takes about 15 minutes with us on the line. We help load your services and rates so it fits the way you already work.
3 · Start capturing every job
Create your first jobcard, send your first invoice and update your first customer, before the day is out.
The group chat is open, whether or not you ever pay us.
Independent workshop owners here have had no tools built for them and no community behind them. We are building both.
The community is a WhatsApp group of workshop owners who share what works and ask each other the awkward questions, with us in it to answer ours. It is open to anyone in the trade, whether or not you ever use the software.
Come build a workshop that lasts.
SymplTorque is in early access, and we're onboarding a first group of workshops now. Be one of the first, we'll set you up personally and have you running in minutes.
Secure, proudly South African, built for the way your workshop runs.